ritual dagger accepts poetry submissions on a rolling basis unless otherwise stated.

only send unpublished work. work already posted to your personal website or social account is okay.

simultaneous submissions are okay; if a poem is accepted elsewhere, reach out via email.

please submit up to 3 poems (no more than 5 pages) in a single pdf.

send all submissions to ritualdaggerzine@gmail.com and include "SUBMISSION" in the subject line.

ritual dagger will not accept work that expouses the values of fascism or that was produced using AI.

submissions that do not follow these guidelines will not be considered for publication.

ritual dagger does not make money and does not pay.

this is not an exclusively queer publication, but queer writers are especially encouraged to submit.

ritual dagger is edited by one person. please allow up to 6 weeks for a response.